The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-04-28
ALEXANDER MITCHELL DEAD.
He Dies Suddenly In New York the 10th inst
Heart Trouble Of Long Duration Followed by
Pneumonia the Cause.

Heart Trouble Of Long Duration Followed by
Pneumonia the Cause.
New York Special: Alexander Mitchell,
the famous millionaire and railway mag
nate OF the northwest, died rather sudden
ly at the Hoffman house at 1926 on the
afternoon OF the 10th. OF bronchial pneu.
monia, complicated by intermittent ma
| larial lever.
He had been spending some time in Jack
sonville Florida, and it's vicinity, where
| he owns in conjunction with his wife q
| magnificent orange plantation, and while
| there he had insisted on getting up and
| taking early morning walks every day be-
| fore the heavy dew OF that region had been
dissipated. In this way he contracted ma
| laria and when he returned to New York
he was quite i'll and afterwards caught
| a severe cold which developed into cap
| illary bronchitis and finally it terminated
| the latter's wife were at the Hoffman house
| with their father and when the illness OF
| the elder Mitchell developed seriously DR..
| Mackie, who married a niece OF the mill
ionaire and who was his family physician,
came on with his wife from
| Milwaukee to the bedside OF the
patient. Affairs seemed to mend. how
| ever, until this morning. after Mr.. Mitchell
had partaken OF his breakfast OF oat meal.
| meal was not digested, and the fact aggra-
| waited the phenumonic symptoms, and fl
nally produced failure OF the functions OF
| the heart and death. He had for some
| time previously been troubled with inpeded
| action OF the heart.
There were present besides the attending
| physicians when Mr.. Mitchell breat thed his
last. his son, John L. Mitchell, and the lat
| ter's wife and little children. Albert Bier
| stadt, the artist, Mrs. Mackie, Supt.
| Miller, OF the Milwaukee and Saint
Paul road, OF which Mr.. Mitchell was
| president, Rev. DR.. Keene OF Milwaukee,
| the almost constant companion OF Mr..
| Mitchell on his various journeyings, An
drew j. Aikens, the editor Of the Evening
Wisconsin of Milwaukee and q warm per-
sonal friend OF the deceased, the latter's
two Wallets and Others. The scene was al
fecting, and prayer was offered by DR..
| keene. His remains were taken to Mil
wa,,kee for interment.
| Dispatches from Milwaukee,: Mr.. Mitch
| ell y wealth is variously estimate ted at from
twelve to forty millions. 1t is probable
that the first figure is more nearly
correct than the latter. In fact. it is even
likely that S12,0OO,OO0 will prove
to he too high a figure. Mr..
Mitchell has not during late years been
ns heavy ~ holder OF st. Paul railway
l -
creased his Investments III other fields.
/ His estate consis's largely OF securities
! of various kinds. Outside OF his
magnificent residence on Grand avenue,
the chamber OF commerce and
Mitchell bank buildings he has compar-
atiyely small landed possessions. He
is known to have left q will. John l..
| quently been spoken OF as q possible sue
cessor of his father. 1t has been rutnor-
ed that the general Offices OF the road
would be removed to Chicago on
Mr.. Mitchell's demise. The charter OF
the company, however, stipuates their To-
cation in Wisconsin and the president
must also be a resident OF that state. 1t
is thought that John Plankinton OF Mil
waukee or Phil. D. Armour OF Chicago,
the St. Paul, will succeed Mr.. Mitchell,
but Armour says he will not accept.
In the Marine and Fire Insurance bank,
| of which Mr.. Mitchell owned 90 of 1OO
shares, John Johnston is likely to be Mr.
Mitchell successor. Mr.. Mitchell is survived
by wife, who is at present al
her Floridian villa; a son, John L. and an
adopted daughter Mrs. DR.. Mackie OF this
city, and q sister and brother living in
Aberdeenshire Scotland. y
Alexander Mitchell was born Oct. 18th
1917, in the parish OF Ellon, Central Aber-
deenshire, Scotland. Ellon is about mid
way between Aberdeen and Peterhead, and
six or eight miles back from the North sea
coast. In this quiet farming region his
father, John Mitchell, was an industrious
subs tantial farmer, a man OF vigorous in
tellect, self-reliance and probity.
In May, 1889, Mr.. Mitchell. then in his
twenty second year, came to the Unit ed
States and settled in Milwaukee, then a
village OF about 1000 inhabitants. He
and Mr.. Smith began business as the Wis
consin Marine and Fire Insurance compa.
ny, and were wonderfully successful from
the start.
1t is not too much to say that to him. fal
more than to any other man, living or dead
Milwaukee owes her prosperity, and al
most her very existence. as anything more
than IL small provincial town. And not
only is this true OF Milwaukee, but of Wis
consin, Iowa, Minnesota and Dakota also
To Mr. Mitchell's fine management, aided
by s. s. Merrill and his associates, is due
the success OF this vast railway enterprise
In religion he was Presbyte terian Tor some
time, but latterly was vestryman OF st
Jam es Episcopal church, Milwaukee. Mr.
Mitchell was married Oct. 7, 1841 to Miss
Martha Reed, the daughter OF Seth Reed
one Of the pioneers Of Milwaukee: